Bulgaria is a country overflowing with delightful old towns, sublime countryside, delicious cuisine, quality wine, modern cafes and vibrant nightlife. We loved our road trip in Bulgaria, but mostly we loved the Bulgaria old towns, the Veliko Tarnovo ruins and the first winter snow we saw in Europe. Our trip to Veliko Tarnovo, the medieval…
Following our exploration of the capital of Bulgaria – Sofia, we headed to Plovdiv with the expectation to see a few ruins. We had read in the Lonely Planet that it was one of the oldest cities in the world. We loved all the historic old towns we had seen in Europe, and we were…
The start of my Bulgarian story began twenty years ago. It started with a dirt cheap budget saving airfare from Sydney to Greece. I was a happy teenager on my way to Party on the Greek Islands. The cost was as cheap as it gets for a 30-hour flight from Sydney, Australia. But, in return,…
After travelling in Europe for 7 months, one gets a bit unimpressed by another castle, another church and another old town. The interest in quaint cities full of coffee shops lining pretty streets is no longer there. So by the time we hit Albania, we were enthused to race down to that gorgeous cheap Adriatic…
Bosnia is not a road many people would take.I hadn’t heard many appealing things about the place. There were no must-see attractions that people had mentioned on their bucket lists. I had only seen the war movies. And I had perceived it as an unappetising place. Yep, it sure didn’t sound like Paris, drinking coffee…
An overland bus trip from Corfu to Meteora to Delphi. After 6 months in Europe and the threat of “Winter Is Coming”, ever since the 13 degrees Celsius of Dubrovnik, we travel bugs continued on the eternal favourite longterm backpacker habit of chasing the sun. This overland journey from Croatia took us through some exciting countries off the beaten…
In the last 20 years, we have traveled extensively around Australia while we lived and worked in Sydney. We have driven thousands of kilometers in every state in Australia. Nothing says road trip more than the 35,877 km of ocean coastline. Additionally, a highlight for travelers is The Big Lap Australia. It involves circumnavigating mainland…
In the 20 years that we have travelled in South East Asia, we have dreamed about the time we would visit the mysterious and authentic Myanmar. In excitement, we could hardly sleep a wink the night before the day we arrived in Myanmar. But soon we would find we would have an adventure of a…